Machine for additionally shaping preformed caps or other workpieces



9 Sheets-Sheet 1 ING PREFORMED CAPS OR OTHER WORKPIECES DIEZEL MACHINE FOR ADDITIONAL-LY SHAP Filed 001:. 18, 1949 Aug. 19, 1952 I err/Z014- H. Die/z m a H M 2,607,394 ORMED Aug. 19, 1952 -w. H. DlEZEL MACHINE FOR ADDITIONALLY SHAPING PREF CAPS OR OTHER WORKPIECES 9 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 18, 1949 who u% m 6 19, 1952 w. H. DIEZEL MACHINE F OR ADDITIONALLY SHAPING PREFORMED CAPS OR OTHER woaxpmcss Filed Oct. 18, 1949 9 Sheets-Sheet 3 9 Sheets-Sheet 4 W. H. DIEZEL Aug. 19, 1952 MACHINE FOR ADDITIONALLY SHAPINGPREFORMED CAPS OR OTHER WORKPIECES Filed Oct. 18, 1949 Wi I HDiL-z 6 iiSaqffofvte W. H. DIEZEL MACHINE FOR ADDITIONALLY Aug. 19, 1952 SHAPING PREFORMED CAPS OR OTHER WORKPIE CES ' 9 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Oct. 18 1949 Wmm A u l W M% .l mm Hm mm on Wm \Q 1 Gnu Aug. 19, 1952 w. H. DIEZEL 2,607,394

' MACHINE FOR ADDITIONALLY SHAPING PREFORMED CAPS OR OTHER WORKPIECES Filed Oct. 18, 1949 9 Sheets-Sheet 6 ,Tnx/rzforr Q IVQLZH-DiezeL 21 g- 1952 w. H. DIEZ EL 2,607,394

MACHINE FOR ADDITIONAL-LY SHAPING PREFORMED CAPS OR OTHER WORKPIECES 9 Sheets-Sheet 7 Filed 001:. 18, 1949 Aug. 19, 1952 w. H. DIEZEL MACHINE FOR ADDITIONALLY SHAPING PREFORMED CAPS OR OTHER WORKPIECES Filed Oct. 18, 1949 9 Sheets-Sheet 8 Patented Aug. 19, 19 52 MACHINE FOR ADDITIONALLY SHAPING .PREF-ORMED CAPS on OTHER WORK- PIECES Willy H. Diezel, Fairfield, Conn., assignor to The Max Ams Machine Company, Bridgeport, Conn., a corporationof New York Application October 18, 1949, Serial No. 121,936

This invention relates toa machine for additionally shaping a preformed sheet-material work-piece, such as a bottle cap, and has for its main object and feature a device of simple and inexpensive construction so'flexibly organized as to be capable, by a very slight change, to accurately shape any one of a series 01? caps ranging in size, for instance, from a diameter of threeeighths of an inch to four inches.

In the accompanying drawings, the invention is shown in a concrete and preferred form, in which:

Fig. '1 is a view in front elevation of a machine embodying the invention, with the framework broken away and with parts in section;

Fig. 2 is a top-plan view of the machine shown in Fig. 1 with the top-cover removed;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the driving shaft and related elements;

Fig. 4' is an end view looking in the direction of arrow 4 of Fig. 1 with the"cap'- chute in section, the parts occupying the position depicted in Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but with the parts shownin a difierent position;

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view substantially on' the plane of line 6-6 of Fig. 1;

Fig. '7 is a transverse'sectional view substantially on the plane of line 'l-l of Fig. 1, showing the parts in a different position from that depicted in Fi 6; r

Fig. 8 is an enlarged front elevational view of the right-hand end of the machine shown in Fi 1;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8, the parts occupying the same position as that depicted in Fig. 4;

Fig. 10 is a View similar to Figs. 8 and 9, the parts occupying the same position as that depicted'in Fig. 11;

Fig. 11 is a-view looking in the direction of arrowsl l-ll of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail view showing the cooperation-of the inner and outer shaping-tools in acting upon a cap, the cap being partly broken away? Fig. 13 is a sectional view substantially on the plane of line l3l3 01' Fig. 12; I

Fig. 14 is a detail view inside elevation of the upper shaping-tool together with the means for carrying it and for adjusting its posiiton;

Fig. 15 is a top-plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 14, some of the parts being broken away and in section;

Fig. 16 isa detail view of the knock-outcam, and the parts operated thereby;

2 Claims. (01. 153-2) Fig. 1'? is a detail view of the cap-positioning and. strip per cam, and the parts operated'thereby; and Y Figs. 18 to 23 inclusive are.- a series of views more or less diagrammatic to illustrate the relationship between different change-speed gears and the form and relative size of the inner and outer shaping-tools. r

The Work to be done by the machine will be apparent from aconsideration of Figs. 12 and 13. As there shown, 20 indicates a bottle cap,

, chosen for convenience of illustration as the work piece being, shaped. The shape being imparted to the cap is the conventional knurling 2i, screw-threading 22, and curling 23 of capbody 24. Theshaping is performed by two complementary and rotatableshaping-tools, one an inner shaping-tool 25, and the other an outer shaping-tool 26. The blank cap is transferred by positioning member 21 to inner shaping-tool 25 on which latter it hangs in a pendent position, and the rolling action of the shaping-tools rotates the cap in shaping it. When the shaping of the cap has been finished, it is removed by stripper 28 and knock-out rod 29.

Difierent sizes of caps to be acted upon require. different sizes of inner and outer shaping-tools Hand 26 and such tools are therefore readily removable'and replaceable. To this end, inner shaping-tool T25 is provided with a threaded portion 25 that engages an internally threaded portion 3| of shaft 3|; so also, outer shaping-tool 26 is readily removable from its shaft 41 by reason ofnut' 26*. It is preferred that innerfshaping-toolZfi will always make the same number of revolutions per machine cycle. and, as a matter of convenience in calculation, the number of such revolutions has been established at four, although. it should be added that the shaping ofthe cap always takes place during approximately one revolution of said inner shaping-tool. The outershapingetool 26, on the other hand will make one revolution, a plurality of revolutions, or a fraction of a revolution during each cycle ofthe machine as will be fully explained hereinafter. For the sake of simplicity it will, for the time being, be consideredv as making one revolution permachine cycle.

Turning now to the general organization of the machine, 30 indicates a shaft which (regardless of the diameter of cap acted upon) makes one revolution to each working-cycle of the machine, and which-I for the sake'of convenience will be referred to as the mainshaft'or cam shaft. 3| denotes theshaft carrying inner shaping-tool 25 and will be referredto as the inner and 30, so that, while shaft 3| makes for revolutions per working cycle, shaft 38' willmake but one. The shaping-faces of inner shaping-tool 25 extend completely around it, but the shapingfaces of outer shaping-tool 26 are here in the;

form of a sector 36 extending 120 of its circum ference. Outer shaping-tool 26 has not only to be changed for different cap diameters, but also,

since the diameter of the outer shaping-toolis always greater than that of the inner shaping- Vtool, the surface speed of said outer shaping-tool has to be coordinated with that of saidinner shaping-tool. Besides, owing to the difference in diameter of various sizes of inner and outer shaping-tools, the. positionjof the outer shaping-tool 'hasfto be adjusted; thatis to'say: the distance between the centers of rotation of said inner and outer shaping-tools has to be adjusted. Accordingly (Figs. 14 and said outer shaping-tool is mounted as follows: 31' indicates a stationary supporting stud r'nount'ed in the framework, and 38 is a bracket-arm pivotall'y supported on stud 31. Pivotally mounted at 39 on the framework is a screw rod 4'0, and freely surrounding rod 48 and slidable thereon is a bushing 4| attached at 32 to bracket-arm 38. 43' are nuts to hold bushing 8| in the position to which it has been adjusted. 4A is a curved slot in bracket-arm 38, and 45 is a set-screw passing through slot and anchored in stationary member 46. It will thus be seen that bracket-arm 38 can be adjusted to occupy various positions around stud 31', the axis of which latter is coincidental with a prolongation of the axis of main shaft 30. Mounted at the free end of bracket-arm 38 is outer shaping-tool shaft 41 at one end of which outer shaping tool 26 is removably attached, so that a change can quickly be made from one size of outer shaping-tool 26 to that of another. Brack et-arm 38 has a transverse extension 48 spaced from and connected, in parallel relation to its outer end, said shaft extending therethrough and a: stud sh'aft' ta being mounted therein in parallel relation to shaft 41. Shafts 41 and 49 are connected'by pinions58 and 51.. Shaft 49 also carries a gear 52 meshing with gear 53 on main shaft 301 Gears 52 and 53 are removable change-speed gears for which others can be substituted when changing from a cap of one. size to a cap of diflerent size. In the present instance, the ratioof driven gear 52 and driving gear 53 is one to one, and pinions 58 and 5| also have a ratio of one to one.

54 indicates a chute in which caps are placed and from the lower open end 55 of which the caps are fed by the means new to be described. 56 indicates a rockshaft mounted in the framework of the machine, and carrying an arm 51 having a curved cap-feeding member 58. At its outer end, member 58 is provided with a cap-receiving portion 59. Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Fig. 4, it will be seen that a cap 20 will drop into cap-receiving portion 59. When rockshaft 56 moves arm 51 to the left (in Fig. 4), th upper curved portion 60.0f arm 51 will pass beneath opening 55- of chute 54 and will hold the 4 stack of caps in the chute. Further movement of arm 51 will carry the cap held in cap-receiving portion 59 to the position shown in Fig. 5, where it will be in line with'inner shaping-tool 25. Transfer member 21 now moves the cap (Fig. 8) from cap-receiving portion 59 of. arm 51 onto inner shaping tool 25. I Transfer member 2115 rotatably mounted in ball bearing 6|, and said bearing is carried by an arm 62 mounted on reci'procatory shaft 63'.

Said shaft 63 also carries a stripper 28 having a bifurcated upper end 65 that straddles shaft 3| and by engaging the curled portion of the finished cap acts to strip or partially strip -sa'id, finished cap from inner -shaping-tool 25. Shaft 63 is reciprocated by any suitable means such as [transfer and stripper cam 66mounted on cam shaft 38. The action of cam 66 is imparted to shaft 63 by means of cam lever 81, mounted on upright rocker post 68, and carrying a cam roll '69., The outer end of cam lever 61 is bifurcatedat '18 to engage grooved collar H on shaft 63. Shaft 63 carries two collars 63 and 63 in fixed position and a spring 63 surrounds the shaft and is interposed between the two collars. When the action of! cami wm v s r v l r 1|, shaft 63 will move. to the right, (in Figsl. and 2)' but, in case any obstruction is encountered, compression of spring 63 will permitshaft 63 to yield. When cam 56 permits it to do so, spring 63 will move shaft 63 to the left .(in Fig- 2') so as to restore it to its original position.

Rockshaft 56 which operates arms 51 is conveniently actuated fromreccentric 1.2 on shaft 30 by the following mea'nsif Carried by eccentric 12 is a spring-arm13ion which latter is pivotally supported, at 14, a'sec'ondspring-arm. 15. ..Car.- ried by spring-arms113and-15- are. complementary members 16 that constituteareleasable bearing to engage a pin. 11. on arm 18 which. latter is mounted on shaft 5,5.- Spring-arms 1.3 and 1.5 are held toward each. other to clasp pin 1 1.by means of spring-device 19. By the foregoing means, rotation of shaft 30 willcause rockshaft: 56" to be actuated, butit willbe observed that if. anything, such as a jamming caused bya. misplaced cap, interferes with the operation of ihe parts, pin 11 will free itself from the spring-arms so that no damage will. be. done to. the machine.

It has already been pointed out thatshaft 3|, which carries internal shaping-tool 25,- contains a knock-out rod 29. This knock-out rodisoperated from cam 80, oncam. shaft 30, by means of an arm 8| mounted on upright rocker post82, said arm 8| having a camroll 83-to engage cam 88, and having also a. bifurcated member 84 to engage grooved collar .85 slidably mountedQon; shaft 3|. Said shaft. 3|. has slots 8-6 through which extend pins 81, carriedl-by collar 85, and connected to knock-out rod 29. Shaft 3.-| carries a fixed collar 3| and between that and: grooved collar 85 is interposed a spni-rig 3-l;; Action'of cam- 88 moves grooved collar; '85 thereby: :meving knock-out rod Kite-the right- (in- Fig.3); and compressing spring 3 and when cam 88 permits it to do so, spring 3| willmove rod 29 to the left (in Fig. 3) and wil-l-thus restore saidrod .to its original position. 5;;

Cams 66 and 88"eaohvcansists'of at can: disc marked respectively fifi and 86 (-Figsi. 16'- am 1'1) and removable cam faces; marked respectively 66 and 89 If-desired'other cam faces can belsu bstituted to vary the stroke; of shaft 63 androd- 28 to correspond to different heights or caps," or whdenat is desired t'olvary the timing ofeams 66 an The o eration ofjthe machine can besummarized as followsg... v

Referring to Fig. 8, the parts are shown in the position where cap-feedingmember 58 has brought a cap in line with inner shaping-tool 25 and transfer member 21, and said transfer membeer 2'! has pushed the cap from member 58 onto inner shaping-tool 25. Outer-shaping-tool 26 is about to engage the cap. I'ransfer member 21 remains in contact with the cap and rotates in its ball bearing 6| by reason'of frictional engagement with said cap. Cap-feeding member 58 is about to return to chute 54 to receive a second cap. i

Referringto Figs. 4 and 9, outer shaping -tool '26 has completed its work;"shaft 63 has'started to move to th right (in Fig.9), thereby simultaneously carrying transfer member 21 and stripper 28 with it, the finished cap being shown partly stripped off inner shaping-tool 25; knock-out rod 29 has also begun to move to the right. Capfeeding member 58 is standing still at chute 54, has received another cap and is about to move to the left (in Fig. 4). i

' Referring to Figs. 10 and 11, knock-out rod 29 has removed the finished cap from inner shapingtool 25 and has returned to the left (in Fig. 10) the finished cap is dropping by gravity, and capfeeding member 58 is moving to the left (in Fig. 11) and is about to bring the second cap into line with inner shaping-tool 25 and transfer member 21, after which the cycle of operation is repeated.

In the foregoing description it has been assumed that the ratio of change-speed gears or Zing the secondrevolutioni of. outer shaping-tool 2 6 the finished cap-is discharged during approximately 17-0", .and the 190 of; sector 36 is an idle one; during; the second revolution.

. Asian exampleof thesizes and arrangement of the parts to obtain .the desired circumferentialspeed of. the in'ner and outer shaping-tools, the followingtable, is referred to:v y

An analysisof the foregoing reveals that the method of substantially coordinating the surface or peripheral speed of the shaping-tools to act on work-pieces of different diameters comprises: maintaining the speed of rotation (as distinguished from the surface speed) of inner shaping-tool 25 and its number of revolutions per mamembers 53 and 52 is 1:1, which, of course, means that outer shaping-tool 26 makes one revolution to each machine cycle or one revolution to each revolution of main shaft 30. When so equipped, the machine is in condition to act upon a size of cap of 1" diameter. The diameter of inner shaping-tool 25 is smaller than the inside diameter of the cap before shaping to this extent: Inside diameter of cap minus twice the thread depth and minus approximately 3 of 'aninch, so as to enable the finished cap to be stripped from the inner-shaping tool. In these circumstances, outer-shaping tool 26 will have a 4" diameter. By these means the surface speed of the inner and outer shaping-tools will be substantially the same, as will be seen from the following formula: 1" diameter of the cap 3.14 4

revolutions per machine cycle equals 4 diameter of the outer shaping-tool x314 during one revolution of said outer shaping-tool.

In Fig. 10, change-speed gears or members 53F and 52 have a ratio of 2:1. Consequently, outer shaping-tool 26 of Fig. 19 will make of a revolution to each machine cycle, and will therefore have two sectors 36.

In Fig. 20, the ratio between the change-speed gears or members 53 and 52 is 3:1. Consequently, outer shaping-tool 26 of Fig. 21 makes A; of a revolution to each machine cycle, and is therefor provided with three sectors 36.

In Fig. 22, the ratio between change-speed chin cycle constant, regardless of differences in diameter of different work-pieces, and in varying the speed of rotation of outer shaping-tool 26, and its extent of revolution per machine cycle, in conformity with the diameter ofthe work-piece to be acted upon. The statement that the speed of rotation of inner shaping-tool 25 remains constant does not means that the machine as a whole cannot be run at different speeds; it means that the speed relationship between main shaft 36 and inner shaping-tool 25 remains constant.

I claim:

1. In a machine for additionally shaping preformed sheet-material work-pieces having, at different times, different diameters: a main shaft making one revolution to each machine cycle; an inner shaping-tool shaft, having a fixed center of rotation, and making a plurality of revolutions to each machine cycle; a removable and replaceable inner shaping-tool, mounted on said innner shaping-tool shaft, and having a circumferentially continuous shaping face; an outer shaping-tool shaft arranged parallel to the inner shaping-tool shaft, mounted on a center of rotation at all times, during a machine cycle equidistant from that of the inner shaping-tool shaft; a removable and replaceable outer shaping-tool, having one or more sectors constituting a shaping face or faces, depending upon th diameter of the work-piece to be acted upon; transmission means, including removable and replaceable transmission members, to rotate said outer shaping-tool shaft from said main shaft, the extent of rotation of said outer shaping-tool shaft, during a machine cycle, being varied in accordance with the diameter of the work-piece and the number of sectors carried by th outer shaping-tool; and means to adjust the distance of said outer shaping-tool shaft from said inner shaping-tool shaft.

2. In a machine for additionally shaping preformed sheet-material work-pieces having, at different times, different diameters: a main shaft making one revolution to each machine cycle; an inner shaping-tool shaft, having a fixed center of rotation, and making a plurality of revolutions to each machine cycle; a removable and rewplaceable inner ish'aping g-tdoi mounted on said inner --shaping-toohshaiitg and having a circumferentially continuous shaping face; an: outer shaping-tool shaft arranged parallel to th inner shaping-tool shaft;:- a reniov abl'e and replaceable outer aslqaqoing-tool,- having one or more sectors constituting a shaping f ace o'r' -falces, depending upon the diameter of thework-pi'eee to be acted upon; a supporting stud, the axis of which is coincidental with a=pro10ngation of the axis of the main shaft; a bracket, mounted on said stud, to

sustain saidqoiiter shapijng tool shaft, at all times during a machine cycle, equidistant from that of "the innrer shapihg: too1 shaft; means to adjust said bracket cireumferentially on said supporting stud; 'a stub shaft carried by said bracket parallelto said outer shaping-tool shaft; transmiss-ionmeans between the stub shaft and the outer shaping-tool shaft to'drive the latter from the former at the same speed; and removable andre- T placeabl transmission members to rotate said stub shaft from said main shaft, the extent of rotation of said stub shaftpduring a machine cycle, being varied-in accordance with the diameter of the work- -piec the numberdf sectors earried by the outer shaping-tool; y I Wmmz DIEZEL v V merits Enoss orrEn V v n -frheffollowin references are of record in the file oi this patent-g V UNITED S'I 'ATES PATENTS 1 12,426 Great Britain Aug, 30', I915 

